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EasyWriter Resources / 20 Most Common Errors / 19. Misplaced or dangling modifier 
Who was wearing the binoculars - the eagles? Every modifier (whether a word, phrase, or clause) should be as close as possible to the word it describes or relates to. Misplaced modifiers may confuse your readers by seeming to modify some other element in the sentence. 
A dangling modifier hangs precariously from the beginning or end of a sentence, attached to no other part of the sentence. The element that the phrase modifies may exist in your mind but not in your draft. Each modifier must refer to some other element in the sentence. For practice recognizing and editing this error, go to Exercise Central. |
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